| ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -cata-, *cata* |
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| | | | Cata | [ Gr. kata`. ] The Latin and English form of a Greek preposition, used as a prefix to signify down, downward, under, against, contrary or opposed to, wholly, completely; as in cataclysm, catarrh. It sometimes drops the final vowel, as in catoptric; and is sometimes changed to cath, as in cathartic, catholic. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Catabaptist | n. [ Pref. cata + aptist. See Baptist. ] (Eccl.) One who opposes baptism, especially of infants. [ Obs. ] Featley. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Catabasion | ‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. kataba`sion. ] A vault under altar of a Greek church. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Catabiotic | a. See under Force. [ 1913 Webster ] | | catabolic | adj. [ Formerly spelled katabolic. ] 1. Of or pertaining to catabolism; as, catabolic processes, which give rise to substances (katastates) of decreasing complexity and increasing stability. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ] 2. characterized by destructive metabolism; contrasted with anabolic. [ WordNet 1.5 ] | | catabolism | n. the breakdown of more complex substances into simpler ones with release of energy, in living organisms; destructive or downward metabolism; -- a form of metabolism, opposed to anabolism. See also Disassimilation. [ Formerly spelled katabolism. ]
Syn. -- katabolism, dissimilation, destructive metabolism. [ WordNet 1.5 ] | | Catacala | n. a genus of moths whose larvae are cutworms: underwings.
Syn. -- genus Catacala. [ WordNet 1.5 ] | | Catacaustic | n. (Physics) A caustic curve formed by reflection of light. Nichol. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Catacaustic | a. [ Pref. cata + caustic. ] (Physics) Relating to, or having the properties of, a caustic curve formed by reflection. See Caustic, a. Nichol. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Catachresis | n. [ L. fr. Gr. &unr_; misuse, fr. &unr_; to misuse; kata` against + &unr_; to use. ] (Rhet.) A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another, or by which a word is wrested from its true signification; as, “To take arms against a sea of troubles”. Shak. “Her voice was but the shadow of a sound.” Young. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | catabiosis | (n) normal aging of cells | | catabolic | (adj) relating to or characterized by catabolism, Syn. katabolic | | catabolic | (adj) characterized by destructive metabolism, Syn. katabolic, Ant. anabolic | | catabolism | (n) breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy, Syn. dissimilation, destructive metabolism, katabolism, Ant. anabolism | | catabolize | (v) subject to catabolism, Syn. catabolise | | catacala | (n) moths whose larvae are cutworms: underwings, Syn. genus Catacala | | catachresis | (n) strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths') | | catachrestic | (adj) constituting or characterized by or given to catachresis, Syn. catachrestical | | cataclinal | (adj) of valleys and rivers; running in the direction of the dip in surrounding rock strata, Ant. anaclinal | | cataclysmal | (adj) severely destructive, Syn. cataclysmic, Example: cataclysmic nuclear war; a cataclysmic earthquake |
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